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Joe Courtney: “Again, I think we learned again the harm recently when the Hague Convention denied the U.S. request to intervene on the…”

On the recordFebruary 24, 2016
Again, I think we learned again the harm recently when the Hague Convention denied the U.S. request to intervene on the Philippine claims in the South China Sea.
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Joe Courtney
Democratic · Connecticut

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Courtney reflects on the negative impact of not being part of UNCLOS on U.S. interests.

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